Toxidia peron

Toxidia peron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Toxidia
Species: T. peron
Binomial name
Toxidia peron
(Latreille, [1824])
Synonyms
  • Hesperia peron Latreille, 1824
  • Telesto kochii Felder, 1862
  • Hesperilla doclea Hewitson, 1868
  • Telesto arsenia Plötz, 1884
  • Timoconia thielei Strand, 1909

Toxidia peron, the large dingy skipper or dingy grass-skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Stenotaphrum secundatum, Gahnia sieberiana, Lomandra species, Dianella caerulea and other Dianella species.


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